Setting Higher
Standards for Our
Discipline
AIAA/ITEA/ITEEA’s 75th Anniversary
Columbus, Ohio
March 8, 2013
Dr. William E. Dugger
1978-81
•Standards for Industrial Arts Curriculum
Project
•(Funded by the U. S. Office of Education to the Technology
Education Program at Virginia Tech.)
Major Objectives of the
Standards for Industrial Arts
Curriculum Project
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To develop a database on industrial arts programs and on
industrial arts student organization activities as an integral
part of the industrial arts instructional program.
To develop a set of standards and related handbooks for
ensuring quality industrial arts programs.
To familiarize, publicize, and demonstrate the standards
developed for industrial arts programs.
Standards for Industrial Arts
Curriculum Project
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The “Standards for Industrial Arts Curriculum”
were revised in 1985 and retitled “Standards
for Technology Education”.
•(This was funded by the Technical Foundation of America and
published by Goodheart-Willcox Publisher. The new Standards
were distributed by ITEA.)
1985
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The American Industrial Arts Association
(AIAA) changed its name to the
International Technology Education
Association (ITEA).
The Movement to Generate
Nationally Developed Standards
Began in the 1980’s
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Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics,
(NCTM, 1989).
Benchmarks for Science Literacy, (AAAS, 1993).
National Science Education Standards, (NRC, 1996).
Standards for Technological Literacy, (ITEA, 2000).
Also, about a dozen other Standards were nationally developed
in the 1990’s.
The American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) changed its
name in 1985 to the International Technology Education
Association (ITEA)
Technology for All Americans
Project (1994-2005)
1. Funded by The National Science Foundation (NSF)
and The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
2. A Rationale and Structure for the Study of
Technology (R&S)(ITEA, 1994-1996 (Revised in
2006 as a CD).
3. Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the
Study of Technology (STL) (ITEA, 19962000)(Revised and reprinted in 2002 and 2007).
4. Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy:
Student Assessment, Professional Development,
and Program Standards (AETL)(ITEA, 2000-2005).
Additional TFAAP Research
Activities in 2000-05
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The Status of Technology and Engineering Education in the
U. S. (ITEA/ITEEA, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011).
ITEA/Gallup Polls (2001 & 2004).
Addenda.
Briefings.
Facts about STL
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Used in 41 states in U. S. (ITEEA, Status Study,2007.)
STL has been translated into Japanese, Finnish, German,
Chinese, and Estonian. AETL has been translated into
Japanese.
NAEP 2014 Technology and Engineering Assessment used
STL in their framework.
Palestine has adopted STL as the content organizer for
their mandatory curriculum in grades 5-10.
STL cites Engineering over150 times, Science over 60
times, and Mathematics over 50 times.
The Future
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Standards are dynamic and need periodic revision
Other major standards that have been revised or are new:
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Mathematics: NCTM - 1989 ➤ 2000.
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Next Generation Science Standards: NRC - 1996 ➤
2013 (This includes Engineering Design, Technology,
and the Applications of Science as one of the four
domains).
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Common Core Standards for Mathematics:
CCSSO/NGA, 2011.
Engineering - No Standards.
STEM - No Standards.
Revision of STL
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Two proposals have been developed and sent to NSF by
ITEEA to fund the revision of STL. Both proposals were not
funded.
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has developed
a draft of a project outline to seek funding to create a new
Conceptual Framework for K-12 Engineering and
Technology Education (this includes STEM). Such a
framework could be used to guide a revision of STL.
Thank you!
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ITEA/ITEEA
TfAAP Staff
Advisory and Focus Committees
Thousands of Reviewers
NSF and NASA
NAE, NRC, NSTA, NCTM, AAAS, and many others
The Profession and You!
Happy
ITEEA Resources
on this presentation
•PowerPoint -http://www.iteea.org/Resources/PressRoom/2013/Mar/
SettingHigherStandards.pdf
•Standards -http://www.iteea.org/TAA/Publications/TAA_Publications.html